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ALVIN ADIKAI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – March 14, 1971
Service recordAlvin Adikai JR, of Window Rock, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Window Rock, Arizona (Apache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 45
- JAMES STEVEN MCGOUGHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1971
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- JOE LYNN AVANTSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
- ROCCO DIPHILLIPOSergeant · March 14, 1971
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROCCO DIPHILLIPOSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 45
- RONALD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 46
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 46
From Window Rock
- ALVIN CHESTERLance Corporal · July 5, 1965
- MICHAEL HOWARD BIAPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.